Born about an hour outside of Philadelphia, Mark cites his first Kiss album, Kiss Alive! as the beginning of his real interest in music. Since then he has been an avid music fan, guitar player and voracious reader of music biographies. Like many of his generation Kiss, Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin ruled his music collection.

For a 'real' job Mark turned to Harley-Davidson. For 12 years he has worked in various capacities and positions. Starting out at a dealership in Philadelphia, Mark quickly found himself working at Harley-Davidson corporate. Working as a sales & marketing trainer, product marketing manager and later a manager of sales and business development, Mark has traveled the world, spreading the good news of Harley-Davidson. He also met his wife at H-D, as she was a product manager there.

The entrepreneurial spirit proved too much for Mark as he and his wife resigned their salaried positions and are now consultants, spending much of their time (when not creating book projects!) working for the Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Buell Motorcycles and Eaglemark Financial services.

Combining passion and productivity, whether its motorcycles or music, is a driver Mark lists as one key to success. "When you love what you do, it doesn't seem like work!" Which is why others have commented his work is so good.

Mark holds his BA in Mass Communications and Public Relations and a Masters Degree in Education. He has also participated in Executive Education programs at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University. Mark is also an award winning author, the recipient of Advanstar Communication's Grand Gold Award for his article column Series: Improving Human Performance, which ran in the motorcycle publications DealerNews and American Big Twin Dealer.